JP3809564B2 - Electrical contact element - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/02—Contact members
- H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
- H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
- H01R13/112—Resilient sockets forked sockets having two legs
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
- H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
- H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
- H01R4/2445—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives
- H01R4/245—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions
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Description
【0001】
【産業上の利用分野】
本発明は、ハウジングの室内に設けられかつ平らな金属板打抜き部品から曲げて形成される電気接触素子が、弾性的に互いに離れるように変形可能な挟み刃の間に電気ケーブルの絶縁物切り開き導電接続用導入スリツトを形成する挟み刃対と、二又はね脚片の間に平刃プラグとの接触用導入スリツトを形成する二又ばね脚片対とを持つている、プラグ形コネクタ用の電気接触素子に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
このような電気接触素子は例えば欧州特許第0416306号明細書から公知である。この公知の電気接触素子は、一端に挟み刃対を持ち、その弾性的に互いに離れるように変形可能な挟み刃の間に、絶縁物切り開き導電接続技法で電気導体を固定することができる。接触素子の他端は二又ばね脚片対として構成され、その二又ばね脚片の間に電気接触のため、例えば電気プラグ形コネクタのプラグの接触ピンを押込むことができる。二又ばね脚片とプラグの押込まれる接触ピンとの間の確実な接触を保証するため、二又ばね脚片は内方へ導入スリツトの中へ突出する接触区域を持つている。刻印部として形成されるこれらの接触区域は、一般に二又ばね脚片対とプラグの押込まれる接触ピンとの良好な接触を行うが、特に平刃プラグを使用する場合、はめ合わされた状態で接触区域がちようど平刃プラグの係止穴の範囲にあり、従つて充分確実な電気接触が保証されないという事態がおこり得る。
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
これから出発して本発明の基礎になっている課題は、異なる大きさの接触ピンを使用する場合にも、二又ばね脚片対と導入スリットへ押込まれる接触ピンとの間に常に確実な接触が保証され、従来の接触素子と比較して接触素子の押込み力が少なくてすむように、電気接触素子を改良することである。
【0004】
【課題を解決するための手段】
この課題を解決するため本発明によれば、各二双ばね脚片が互いに無関係に弾性的に撓む2つの板ばねから形成され、各板ばねに、内方へ導入スリットの中へ突出する少なくとも1つの接触区域が形成され、1つの二双ばね脚片の2つの板ばねの接触区域が、電気接触素子の縦中心線の側方に形成され、1つの二双ばね脚片に属する2つの板ばねの接触区域が、二双ばね脚片の縦方向に互いにずれて設けられている。
【0005】
【発明の効果】
偏心してずれて接触区域を設けられる2つの別々に撓む板ばねにより二又ばね脚片を構成することにより、二又ばね脚片の間の導入スリツトへ押込まれる接触ピンの押込み力を減少すると共に、係止穴を持つ平刃プラグを使用する場合係止穴の範囲における接触を回避することができる。なぜならば平刃プラグの係止穴は平刃プラグの中央に形成されているからである。
【0006】
更に本発明によれば、1つの二又ばね脚片に属する2つの板ばねの接触区域は二又ばね脚片の縦方向に互いにずれて設けられているので、異なる接触ピンを使用する場合にも、二又ばね脚片と導入スリットへ押込まれる接触ピンとの確実な電気接触が保証される。
【0007】
充分な電気接触を行い特に傾斜接触も回避する確実性は、本発明の好ましい実施態様によれば、一方の板ばねの接触区域が点状接触面を持ち、他方の板ばねの接触区域が線状接触面を持つていることにより、強めることができる。
【0008】
押込まれる接触ピンに対する二又ばね脚片の個々の板ばねの均一な押圧力を得るために、直接に対向する2つの板ばねの接触区域が同じ形状の接触面を持つている。
【0009】
それ以上の詳細及び利点は、本発明による電気接触素子の実施例が示されている添付図面の以下の説明から明らかになる。
【0010】
【実施例】
図1に示す電気接触素子1は1片の金属板打抜き部品から成り、この金属板打抜き部品から順次に続く曲げ過程により電気接触素子1が形成される。その時平らな金属板打抜き部品から、図1ないし3に示すような電気接触素子1が得られる。
【0011】
いわゆる絶縁物切り開き導電接続技法で電気接触素子1に電気ケーブル2を接触させることができるようにするため、電気接触素子1は2つの互いに平行に設けられる挟み刃対3を持つている。これらの挟み刃対3の各々は2つの挟み刃3aから成り、これらの挟み刃3aはその間に電気ケーブル2用の導入スリツト3bを形成している。
【0012】
電気接触素子1と電気プラグ形コネクタのプラグの接触ピン例えば平刃プラグ4とを接触させるため、電気接触素子1は挟み刃対3とは反対側の自由端に二又ばね脚片対5を持つている。二又ばね脚片対5は2つの二又ばね脚片5aから成り、これらの二又ばね脚片5aはその間に接触ピン即ち平刃プラグ4用の導入スリツト5bを形成している。図2及び3からわかるように、各二又ばね脚片5aは2つの分離した板ばね5cから成つている。
【0013】
二又ばね脚片5aと導入スリツト5bへ押込まれる平刃プラグ4との確実な電気接触を保証するため、各板ばね5cには、図1からわかるように、内方へ導入スリツト5bの中へ突出する接触区域6が形成されている。
【0014】
図2及び3には、電気接触素子1と平刃プラグ4との接触が示されている。接触のため平刃プラグ4が二又ばね脚片対5の導入スリツト5bへ押込まれ、それにより二又ばね脚片5aが互いに離れるように曲げられる。二又ばね脚片5aが個々の板ばね5cに分割して構成されているため、押込み力が減少される。なぜならば個々の板ばね5cは、その小さい幅のため、1つの単独の二又ばね脚片5aより弾性的だからである。なるべく凹みにより形成される接触区域6は、二又ばね脚片5aの縦方向に互いにずれて、電気接触素子1の縦中心線に対して偏心して設けられ、1つの二又ばね脚片5aの両方の板ばね5cの接触区域6は異なる形状の接触面6aを持つている。
【0015】
接触区域6のずれた配置により、図3に示すように、平刃プラグ4が導入スリツト5bへ完全に押込まれる時、二又ばね脚片5aの接触区域6が平刃プラグ4の係止穴4aの範囲では平刃プラグ4に接触せず、それにより不充分な電気接触が生ずることはない。図3からよくわかるように、接触区域6の接触面6aは、平刃プラグ4の係止穴4aから少し離れた所で、平刃プラグ4に接触している。
【0016】
従つてこのように構成される電気接触素子1により、プラグの接触ピン即ち平刃プラグ4との接触を行うための押込み力を減少すると共に、二又ばね脚片5aの接触区域6と押込まれるプラグの接触ピンとの常に充分な接触を保証することが可能になる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】電気接触素子の側面図である。
【図2】平刃プラグの押込み前における電気接触素子の正面図である。
【図3】平刃プラグを押込まれた電気接触素子の正面図である。
【符号の説明】
1 電気接触素子
2 電気ケーブル
3 挟み刃対
3a 挟み刃
3b,5b 導入スリツト
4 平刃プラグ
5 二又ばね脚片対
5a 二又ばね脚片
5c 板ばね
6 接触区域[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an insulating slit conductive of an electric cable between sandwiching blades which are formed by bending from a flat metal plate punched part provided in a housing chamber and can be deformed elastically away from each other. Electrical for a plug-type connector having a pair of sandwiching blades forming a connecting slit for introduction and a pair of bifurcated spring legs for forming a leading slit for contact with a flat blade plug between two or helical leg pieces The present invention relates to a contact element.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Such an electrical contact element is known, for example, from EP 0416306. This known electrical contact element has a pair of sandwiching blades at one end, and an electrical conductor can be fixed between the sandwiching blades that are elastically deformable away from each other by an insulator-cut conductive connection technique. The other end of the contact element is configured as a pair of bifurcated spring legs, and for electrical contact between the bifurcated spring legs, for example, a contact pin of a plug of an electric plug type connector can be pushed. In order to ensure a secure contact between the forked spring leg piece and the contact pin into which the plug is pushed, the forked spring leg piece has a contact area projecting inwardly into the introduction slit. These contact areas, formed as stamps, generally provide good contact between the pair of forked spring legs and the contact pin into which the plug is pushed in, but especially when using flat blade plugs, they are in contact with each other. There can be a situation where the area is very close to the locking hole of the flat blade plug, so that a reliable electrical contact cannot be guaranteed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Starting from this, the problem on which the present invention is based is that reliable contact is always possible between the forked spring leg pair and the contact pin pushed into the introduction slit , even when contact pins of different sizes are used. The electrical contact element is improved so that the pushing force of the contact element is less than that of the conventional contact element .
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve this problem, according to the present invention, each double spring leg piece is formed of two leaf springs that are elastically bent independently of each other, and protrudes into the introduction slit inwardly in each leaf spring. At least one contact area is formed, the contact areas of the two leaf springs of one double spring leg are formed on the sides of the longitudinal center line of the electrical contact element, and belong to one double spring leg. The contact areas of the two leaf springs are provided offset from each other in the longitudinal direction of the double spring leg pieces.
[0005]
【The invention's effect】
Decreasing the pushing force of the contact pin pushed into the introduction slit between the bifurcated spring leg pieces by constructing the bifurcated spring leg piece with two separately bent leaf springs that are eccentric and displaced to provide a contact area In addition, when a flat blade plug having a locking hole is used, contact in the range of the locking hole can be avoided. This is because the locking hole of the flat blade plug is formed at the center of the flat blade plug.
[0006]
Further in accordance with onset bright, the contact area of the two leaf springs belonging to one bifurcated leg spring is provided offset from each other in the longitudinal direction of the leg piece bifurcated spring, when using the different contact pins In addition, reliable electrical contact between the bifurcated spring leg piece and the contact pin pushed into the introduction slit is ensured.
[0007]
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the certainty of making sufficient electrical contact and in particular avoiding inclined contact is that the contact area of one leaf spring has a point-like contact surface and the contact area of the other leaf spring is a line. It can be strengthened by having a contact surface.
[0008]
In order to obtain a uniform pressing force of the individual leaf springs of the bifurcated spring leg against the contact pin being pushed in, the contact areas of the two directly facing leaf springs have the same shaped contact surface.
[0009]
Further details and advantages will become apparent from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments of the electrical contact element according to the invention are shown.
[0010]
【Example】
The
[0011]
In order to be able to bring the electrical cable 2 into contact with the
[0012]
In order to bring the
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 1, each
[0014]
2 and 3 show the contact between the
[0015]
Due to the offset arrangement of the
[0016]
Therefore, the
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of an electrical contact element.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the electric contact element before the flat blade plug is pushed.
FIG. 3 is a front view of an electric contact element in which a flat blade plug is pushed.
[Explanation of symbols]
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